• LexisNexis Fellowship Program Announces Third Fellowship Cohort and Introduces Fellowship Sponsors

    2023 cohort includes 15 students from six colleges in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Law School Consortium NEW YORK — LexisNexis Legal & Professional® today announced the third cohort of 15 students for its LexisNexis...

  • DR Distribs., LLC v. 21 Century Smoking, Inc.

    DR Distribs., LLC v. 21 Century Smoking, Inc. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division January 19, 2021, Filed No. 12 CV 50324 Opinion  [*858]  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION A....

  • State v. Pippin

    With a downpayment by a personal check issued on a closed account, an individual purchased the jewelry. Within several days, he pawned the items out-of-state in exchange for loans from the pawnbrokers. Several days later, a criminal complaint was filed...

  • Weems v. United States

    Petitioner Weems was convicted of falsifying a public and official document while he served as a disbursement officer in the Philippine Islands and sentenced to a term of 15 years imprisonment, civil interdiction under article 42 of the Spanish Penal...

  • Traylor v. State

    Defendant John Edward Traylor was charged with second-degree murder of a woman in Florida. He was later apprehended in Alabama, after being arrested and charged with killing a woman there. Defendant was arraigned in Alabama on that charge and counsel...

  • Cloutier v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

    Plaintiff Kimberly Cloutier alleged that her employer, Costco Wholesale Corp., failed to offer her a reasonable accommodation after she alerted it to a conflict between the "no facial jewelry" provision of its dress code and her religious practice...

  • In re Lipsky

    Steven and Shyla Lipsky own several acres in Weatherford, Texas. In 2005 they drilled a well on their property to a depth of about two hundred feet to provide water to a cabin and boathouse. In 2009 they finished a house on the property, connecting the...

  • Mobileye, Inc. v. Picitup Corp.

    Mobileye, Inc. v. Picitup Corp. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York March 5, 2013, Decided; March 8, 2013, Filed 12 Civ. 1994(JSR) Opinion  [*764]  OPINION AND ORDER JED S. RAKOFF, U.S.D.J. Plaintiffs Mobileye, Inc. and...

  • Prima Tek II, L.L.C. v. Polypap

    Polypap, S.A.R.L., Philippe Charrin, and Andre Charrin (collectively "Polypap") appealed from the judgment of the district court holding claim 15 of United States Patent No. 5,410,856 (the "'856 patent") and claim 9 of United States...

  • Village of Arlington Heights v. Metro. Hous. Dev. Corp.

    Village of Arlington Heights v. Metro. Hous. Dev. Corp. Supreme Court of the United States Argued October 13, 1976 ; January 11, 1977 No. 75-616 Opinion  [*254]   [***457]   [**557]  hMR. JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.  [****6]  In...